Chat!

Chat! is an online chat site with private & group chat ⛺

Notes:

• chat-app: React app, Web client
• moonrise-kingdom: Laravel app, handles persistent logics
• chat: Spring Boot app, handles chat logics

*chat messages travel on STOMP over WebSocket

Architecture Map:

Requirements:

• Node.js
• PHP 8
• MySQL
• Java 16
• RabbitMQ
• MongoDB

Some Thoughts...

The application adopts a publish-subscribe pattern to realize Web-based chatting:

• Spring Boot server + RabbitMQ server as Event notification server (ENS)
• React app Web client as Consumer client & Publisher client

Implementation Reference (chat features):

Build a Chat Application using Spring Boot + WebSocket + RabbitMQ - JavaInUse